Plan Change 39

Plan change summary

• Read the public notice (PDF 58 kB) of this Plan Change

The purpose of the proposed Plan Change is to introduce the concept of Recreation Club Areas into the Hastings District Plan, and to insert specific provisions for the establishment of a Recreation Club Area at Romanes Drive, Havelock North. The proposal includes a Structure Plan which would provide an overarching concept and design for the site.

The site area is zoned Plains and consists of three parcels of land owned by the Council and located at Romanes Drive, Havelock North. It has a total area of approximately 3.56 hectares. It is bounded by the Karituwhenua Stream on the southern boundary, and by Romanes Drive/Napier Road on the west, north and east boundaries. Part of the site is commonly known as the ‘horse paddock’.

The Structure Plan identifies the following:

• Allotments for up to eight clubs with the majority of the allotments being located adjacent to Napier Road/Romanes Drive. The shape of the allotment layout mirrors the curvature of Napier Road/Romanes Drive.
• An area of passive open space with a formal playground area for the wider community of Havelock North, as well as the users of the Recreation Club Area.
• Two vehicle parking areas located within the site that will provide 131 vehicle parking spaces.
• A walkway/cycleway path network that will circumnavigate the entire site and connect Guthrie Park with Napier Road/Romanes Drive via a proposed footbridge over the Karituwhenua Stream.
• A landscape concept plan which includes the planting and establishment of a range of tree and shrub planting to create an overall sense of identity for the site.
• A 30 metre wide view shaft that will protect views to Te Mata Peak from the Napier Road/Romanes Drive intersection.
• Enhancement of the Karituwhenua Stream with riparian planting.
• Two points of access to the site, with the main point of access onto Romanes Drive, and a secondary informal access point at the western end of the site onto Napier Road.

The proposed plan change seeks to amend the following sections of the District Plan:

• Section 13.5 – Community Faciltiies, Recreation and Marae District Wide Activity
• Section 14.1 – Traffic Sightlines, Parking, Access, Loading
• Section 6.0 – Plains Zone
• Section 18.0 – Definitions

Plan Change documents

• Structure plan (PDF 348 KB)
• Structure plan map (PDF 276 KB)
• Section 32 Evaluation report (PDF 63 KB)
• District plan sections
  • 6.0 Plains Zone
  • 13.5 Community Facilities, Recreation and Marae District Wide Activity
  • 14.1 Traffic sightlines, parking, access and loading
  • 18.0 Definitions

Location Map of Proposed Romanes Drive Club Park

• Detailed landscape design layout (PDF 4.8MB)

Submissions

The closing date for lodging a submission was 15 December 2006. A total of ten submissions were received.

• Summary of submissions (PDF 34kB)
• Full submissions (PDF 1.55MB)
  

Further Submissions

Further submissions closed on 12th Feb 2007.

Hearing

A Hearings Commissioner considered the Plan Change 39 at a meeting held on Friday, 18 May 2007

• Agenda PDF 4MB
• Minutes PDF 40kB
• Commissioner recommendations PDF 1.3MB

The recommendations from that meeting were subsequently adopted at a Council meeting held on Thursday, 28 June 2007.

Contact

For more information on this plan change, please contact Environmental Planner (Policy) Megan Gaffaney on 871 5000 or megang@hdc.govt.nz